{"product_id":"9781101613733","title":"Larceny in My Blood: A Memoir of Heroin, Handcuffs, and Higher Education","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fully illustrated graphic memoir of a child of the '60s who was raised into a life of crime and addiction —but graduated into freedom. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Parker was in his mid-forties when he started college. He’d been sidetracked: Eleven years were eaten up by serving time in various county jails, state penitentiaries, and federal prison. He’d been arrested more than thirty times, racking up eight felonies in a crime career that began at age thirteen, when he started dealing pot. When he got out of prison for the last time and kicked his heroin addiction, he was determined to spend the next chapter of his life in the classroom. And he did just that, going on to complete a master’s degree from Columbia University’s highly competitive creative writing program.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough captivating black-and-white illustrations drawn in a distinctively primitive style, \u003ci\u003eLarceny in My Blood\u003c\/i\u003e flashes back on Parker's childhood, with memories of a loving but lawless mother teaching him that breaking the law was the way to survive. From there it moves to an account of Parker’s lost decades, where he resorted to petty crime to support a heroin habit. After years of fighting the system, Parker sees the light and \u003ci\u003eLarceny in My Blood \u003c\/i\u003ebecomes a poignant portrait of a man trying to find his way in the straight and narrow. A unique memoir, Parker’s images and words form a mesmerizing road to redemption.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133477437680,"sku":"9781101613733","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101613733_p0.jpg?v=1763688723","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101613733","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}